Container and dispenser for mounted transparency



Aug. 22, 1961 H. TALL 2,997,168

CONTAINER AND DISPENSER FOR MOUNTED TRANSPARENCY Filed May 23, 1958INVENTOR. Zea/1W0 72// BY r/ omas [aged/"952 Sttes Patented Aug. 22,1961 2,997,168 CONTAINER AND DISPENSER FOR MOUNTED TRANSPARENCY LeonardH. Tall, Seattle, Wash., assignor, by direct and mesne assignments, offifty percent to Byers Color Laboratory, Inc., Portland, reg., acorporation of Oregon, and fifty percent to Technicolor, Inc., New York,N.Y., a corporation of Delaware Filed May 23, 1958, Ser. No. 737,378 1Claim. (Cl. 206-62) This invention relates to a combination containerand dispenser for mounted transparencies. It has provision formaintaining the transparencies in well defined columns or stacks forboth ease of storage and dispensing.

In the viewing of a transparency the same is mounted in a mount, placedin a viewer, and the projection viewed on a screen. This is well knownin the art and has been practised for many years. More particularly,this is carried out by taking a series of pictures such as on a 36 mm, a16 mm. or an 8 mm. roll. The desirable frames on the roll are separatedinto individual transparencies. These individual transparencies are thenmounted in a cardboard mount. In the mounting of a transparency in amount there is employed a paper or cardboard blank having two sectionswith an aperture in each section. These side-by-side apertures may bebrought into registry by folding into parallelism the two sections orflat portions of the blank on opposite sides of a fold line between thetwo sections. The transparency in such a mount extends across theaperture and has the rim or marginal portion adjacent to and surroundingthe aperture. Each section thus forms a frame surrounding a picture orimage on the transparency which may be projected onto a photographicmaterial by a projection printer or on to a screen by a projector of thetype employed for screen exhibition purposes.

The individual mounts, as is easily appreciated, can be easily lost ormisplaced. To circumvent this I have invented a container for thesemounts for storing them while not in use. Generally speaking, mycontainer comprises a base member for holding the mounted transparenciesin predetermined stacks. The base member comprises a base having asupporting surface and sides. The central section of each of the sidesis recessed making it possible for an individual to insert his fingersand easily pick up one of the mounted transparencies. There is alsoprovided a cover for fitting over the base member and around the sidesso as to prevent the mounted transparencies from being scattered withthe handling of the base member.

An object of this invention is the provision of an improved holder orcontainer for a mounted transparency which is of relatively inexpensiveconstruction.

Another object is the provision of a container for mountedtransparencies for storing the same when not in use.

A further object is the provision of a container which is light inweight and of such a configuration as to be easily handled andconveniently carried.

A still further object is to provide a combination container anddispenser whereby mounted transparencies can be arranged and maintainedin neat stacks and from which neat stacks it is possible to select apredetermined number for use.

Object objects and advantages of my invention will appear from thefollowing description taken in conjunction with the appended drawingswherein:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevation view showing the container with the coverin overlying relation thereon so as to form a complete unit.

FIGURE 2 is a lateral cross-sectional View taken on line 2-2 of FIGURE 1and illustrates the cover in overlying relation with the base member.

FIGURE 3 is a longitudinal Vertical cross-sectional View taken on line3-3 of FIGURE 2 and illustrates the cover in overlying relationship withthe base member; and

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary perspective view looking down on the basemember and illustrates the same with recessed sides for ease of pickingup a mounted transparency, said transparency being shown in phantom.

This invention comprises a combination container and dispenser formounted transparencies. More particularly, there is a base member 10 anda cover 11. The base member 10, in plain view, is in the configurationof a parallelogram, i.e., a rectangle. This rectangle comprises asupporting surface 12, sides 13 and ends 14. At the juncture of eachside and each end is a corner, and the sides and the ends are atsubstantially right angles to each other.

The base member near the end of each side and near the end of each endrises into a wall 15. This wall runs from near the end of one side,around the corner, and part way along the end 14. In other words, itturns the corner on the base member. On the side 13' the wall has anupwardly sloping edge 16 which slopes toward the corner. From a sideelevational View this part of the wall appears as a trapezoid. On theend the wall has an inwardly sloping edge 17 which slopes toward thecorner. From an end elevational view the wall 15 appears as a trapezoid.The walls 16 and 17 meet at common upper edge 18.

In approximately the central part of the side 13 the base member risesinto a wall 20 having inwardly sloping edges 21. These edges slopetoward the central part of the base member and terminate in an upperedge 22. At a side elevational view the side wall 20 appears as atrapezoid. On the inner face of the wall 20 is a vertical partition wall23. This partition wall is of a short length and of substantially thesame height as the wall 20. The partition wall 23 can be considered todivide the supporting surface 12, into two regions for separating stacksof mounted transparencies.

The recesses on the side provided by edges 16 and 21 on walls 15 and 20respectively, and the recesses on the ends provided by edges 17 on walls15 provide an entrance for picking up mounted transparencies 24. Each ofthese transparencies comprise two thin pieces of cardboard 25 with eachcardboard having an aperture 26 therein. As previously stated atransparency 27 is mounted between these two pieces of cardboard 25 andover the apertures 26. Then the two pieces of cardboard are sealed shutto provide the mounted transparency. The mounts are of such a size as tofit snugly between the walls 15 and 2.0 and the partition wall 23.

It is realized that the openings provided by the edges 17 in walls 15and the edges 16 and 21 in walls 15 and 20 make the container a form ofdispenser as it is easy to stack the mounts neatly in stacks in thecontainer and it is also easy to pick up the mounted transparency fromthe container.

Turning now to the other part of the container the same is the cover 11.This cover comprises a covering member 28 having an encircling wall 30.The plane of the wall 30 and the plane of the covering member 28 aresubstantially at right angles. In the side part of this Wall 30 is arecess 31 having inwardly sloping edges 32 and an upper edge 33. In aside elevational view this recess is in the configuration of atrapezoid. The purpose of this recess is to provide a means to grasponto the cover 111 so as to neatly remove it from the base member 10.The overall dimensions of the recess 31 are somewhat smaller than theoverall dimensions of the side wall a a) 20 and the base member 10. Thispermits the cover 11 to completely cover the sides and top of the basemember 10 while at the same time permitting a means for easily removingthe cover from the base member. In this regard there is a completelyenclosed container for the mounted transparencies.

Although a number of suitable materials may be used for manufacturingthe container, a very desirable one is a synthetic plastic such as aphenolformaldehyde resin. By making the container from a syntheticplastic it is possible to provide a lightweight container but one whichis, nevertheless, strong in structural properties.

Although I have illustrated and described with particularity only onephysical embodiment of my invention, I do not desire to be limited tothe exact structural details thus illustrated and described nor to heexact details of the method disclosed; but intend to cover all formscoming within the definition of my invention constituting the amendedclaim.

I claim:

A combination container and dispenser for film transparencies mounted inmounts comprising a rectangular base member, integral walls extendingupwardly from the base member at the corners thereof, there being foursuch walls each extending along two sides of the base member, said wallshaving sloping edges and being shorter at their tops than at said basemember, the walls extending less than one-half the length of the endsand sides of the base member to thereby provide access openings, anadditional integral wall extending upwardly from said base member at themid part of each of the longer sides thereof, said additional wallshaving sloping edges and being shorter at their tops than at said basemember, the ends of said additional walls being spaced from the adjacentends of the first mentioned walls to thereby provide a pair of accessopenings along each side of said container, a partition wall integralwith each said additional wall and extending inwardly, said partitionwalls being equidistant from the ends of the base memher to therebyprovide two equal interior compartments, the outer surfaces of saidwalls at the ends and sides of said base member being coplanar with eachother, respectively and with the adjacent edge of said base member, anda cover member for said base member comprising a rectangular topcovering member having an encircling wall depending therefrom, saidencircling wall having in the long sides thereof a pair of oppositelydisposed recesses defined by downwardly and outwardly sloping edges andan upper edge parallel to said top cover member, said upper edge beingbelow the top of the adjacent additional wall and the sloping edges ofthe encircling wail being closer to each other than the sloping edges ofthe adjacent additional wall, said cover member being of slightlygreater extent than said base member and said encircling Wallcontinuously engaging and overlapping the edge of said base except atsaid additional walls and overlapping po1tions of said additional walls,whereby said container is completely enclosed when assembled, may bereadily disassembled, and whereby transparencies may be readily removedfrom both compartments thereof.

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